A compilation of events has forced me to make this post as a public reminder of when I am not supposed to play EFU.
When I haven't slept in 23 hours.
- When I recently had a stressful day in my life.
- When I have a cat on my lap.
- When I recently died numerous times on a random quest.
- When a friend on irc tells me to log on when I am about to go to bed (I won't be getting off until next morning and regretting it).
If other efuers would like to compile bad times to play efu, this would be the thread to do so.
When I'm online to make your life hell.
When a DM announces tremors in the earth and a trickle of rocks and dust land near your feet.
During Orc invasions back in Efu:M. (guess not relevant anymore)
When you're (too) drunk.
When parents come to visit you at college.
When you have a 20 page essay due on sustainability
When you even got to consider these things.
Attempting to play drunk at 4 am after a night out.
When hellfire rains down from the heavens and the legions of Satan walk the earth.
When Thomas is online
Quote from: TheTurboNerd;363101When Thomas is online
QFE
When the only other person online is a 20 strength half orc called Murder McSmashface
When the entire server considers themselves your opposition.
Quote from: Red_Judas;363123When the entire server considers themselves your opposition.
:(
... yeah.
When your fellow cultists in exile aren't on to keep you company :(
Quote from: Red_Judas;363123When the entire server considers themselves your opposition.
There is no better time than this to play EFU.
If this has happened, you likely have done something right. That, or you're a goblin.
Quote from: LiAlH4;363141There is no better time than this to play EFU.
If this has happened, you likely have done something right. That, or you're a goblin.
Unfortunately efu is not a one man thing! I can see your point, but at times it is frustrating and difficult to find the inspiration to keep the badassness going.
The blanket of ignorance wraps the meek in its comforting embrace. When one comes to see the truth and begin escaping from uncertainty they tend to have the desire to take these blankets away and show others what lay beyond. It is a harsh adjustment and the masses will fight back because facing that revelation makes them feel exposed without the illusion of protection that their veil of ignorance casts about them. They will beg to have their protective blanket back and make themselves your opposition but at least you will know that you have tried to do something that is right.
Or you're a goblin and they just plain hate you.
* after working 13 hours and being really tired and angry and stressed out, ready to blame anything on anyone. sleep over it, instead. i know it ain't easy; we come here to forget about the stress, after all. but if we take it into the game with us it never ends well. i am an authority on this; i've perma'd zillions of characters because of this and said a lot of things or felt a lot of things ooc'ly that i should not have merely because the needed distance and level-headedness just wasn't there.
just don't do it. have a drink, kiss a girl (or guy!?), but don't bring your stress with you.
sounds simple when you write it that way but i haven't learned it in 7 years! :)
Thomas only kisses his mother.
Quote from: Jasede;363300* after working 13 hours and being really tired and angry and stressed out, ready to blame anything on anyone. sleep over it, instead. i know it ain't easy; we come here to forget about the stress, after all. but if we take it into the game with us it never ends well. i am an authority on this; i've perma'd zillions of characters because of this and said a lot of things or felt a lot of things ooc'ly that i should not have merely because the needed distance and level-headedness just wasn't there.
just don't do it. have a drink, kiss a girl (or guy!?), but don't bring your stress with you.
sounds simple when you write it that way but i haven't learned it in 7 years! :)
Werd. Except I would use capital letters when appropriate. :)
When I'm really, really high.
When I don't feel like typing much.
When I don't feel committed to follow through with my character.
When Iron_Oligarch is still alive.
When BigOrcMan is still ugly.
when Sternhund is sexting you.
When Sternhund is Stardog.
When you triple booked cyb0r dates with BigOrcMan, Sternhund, and Iron_Oligarch on the same day at the same hour.